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Boult's four-for and Monank, Pooran fifties make it a canter for MI New York
Sherfane Rutherford's 44-ball 86 was the only bright spot for Los Angeles Knight Riders, whose MLC 2025 campaign is now all but over
ESPNcricinfo staff
04-Jul-2025
MI New York 155 for 2 (Pooran 62*, Monank 56, Narine 1-26) beat Los Angeles Knight Riders 154 for 8 (Rutherford 86, Boult 4-17) by eight wickets
Trent Boult set up the demolition job for MI New York but Sherfane Rutherford put in a solo show to keep Los Angeles Knight Riders in the game, but their 154 for 8 was never going to be enough to test the strong MINY batting. Monank Patel and Nicholas Pooran hit half-centuries in reply, and the target was crossed with 13 balls in hand.
LAKR are now all-but out of the race to the MLC 2025 playoffs, while MINY have just about kept their flagging hopes alive.
Full postIndia's quicks cause damage after Gill's epic 269
England have it all to do after Shubman Gill's historic double-hundred gave India a mammoth 587
Matt Roller
03-Jul-2025
England 77 for 3 (Brook 30*, Root 18*, Akash Deep 2-36) trail India 587 (Gill 269, Jadeja 89, Jaiswal 87, Bashir 3-167, Woakes 2-81, Tongue 2-119) by 510 runs
India's new-ball bowlers picked off England's top three with the same ease with which Shubman Gill ticked off records during his maiden Test double-hundred to take control of the second Test. This was a near-perfect day for India's captain: Gill cruised to 269 before offering his first genuine chance, then snaffled a blinder at third slip to prompt England's slump to 25 for 3.
Gill made clear at the toss that he supported India's decision to reinforce their lower-order batting after two collapses at Headingley, and it has paid off so far. He added 203 for the sixth wicket with Ravindra Jadeja, then 144 more for the seventh wicket with Washington Sundar, turning 211 for 5 into the highest total that England have conceded in the Stokes-McCullum era.
Full postWebster and Carey rescue Australia after another top-order slump
Carey made 63 and Webster 60, while Alzarri Joseph took 4 for 61 as Australia were bowled out for 286 before bad light prevented the West Indies innings from starting
Andrew McGlashan
03-Jul-2025
Stumps Australia 286 (Carey 63, Webster 60, A Joseph 4-61, Seales 2-45) vs West Indies
Reckon you've seen this before? You wouldn't be wrong. Australia's top order again failed to inspire on the opening day in Grenada before Beau Webster and Alex Carey performed a familiar rescue act amid another crucial call by the third umpire and further fielding woes for West Indies.
Australia were wobbling t 110 for 5 when Travis Head fell, the TV umpire ruling Shai Hope's brilliant take clean, having earlier been 50 for 3 as a solid base vanished. Webster and Carey then added 112 in 25 overs and the game was threatening to run away from West Indies but they were able to chip away at the lower order and bowl Australia out for 286 inside 67 overs, with Alzarri Joseph claiming four wickets. To the home side's benefit, light prevented Australia from having a brief bowl with the umpires taking the players off just as they returned to the field.
Full postRanjane, Ferreira hit quick 30s to lift Texas Super Kings to No. 2
Nandre Burger struck twice in the opening over of the chase to take the wind out of the Washington Freedom chase
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Jul-2025
Texas Super Kings 87 for 2 (Ranjane 39*, Ferreira 37*, Netravalkar 1-30) beat Washington Freedom 44 for 4 (Phillips 18*, Burger 2-12) by 43 runs
Five-overs-a-side
Five-overs-a-side
The race for the top-two spots in MLC 2025 took another twist after Texas Super Kings comfortably beat Washington Freedom on Wednesday evening in a rain-curtailed, five-overs-a-side encounter in Lauderhill.
The 43-run win for TSK saw them move up to No. 2 on the points table, while Freedom dropped to third after eight games apiece. They both have 12 points, alongside San Francisco Unicorns, who are first by virtue of a better net run-rate.
Full postSuryavanshi's 31-ball 86 gives India 2-1 series lead
Rew makes 76 not out to give England a chance but lightning innings drives India to win
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02-Jul-2025
India Under-19 274 for 6 (Suryavanshi 86, Malhotra 46, Chouhan 43, Wade 2-58) beat England Under-19 268 for 6 (Rew 76*, Dawkins 62, Chouhan 3-30) by four wickets
Indian breakout 14-year-old star Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit the third-fastest half-century in India Under-19s history off an astonishing 20 balls to set up victory over England in their third one-day match in Northampton and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.
Suryavanshi showed the prowess which earned him worldwide headlines earlier this year when he made the second-fastest century in IPL history. Striking six fours and nine sixes in the run chase of 269, Suryavanshi was in total command as he made a scintillating 86 from just 31 deliveries, flaying England's bowlers to all corners.
Full postGill holds India together with second hundred as captain
England picked up five wickets on the first day at Edgbaston to leave the match in the balance
Vithushan Ehantharajah
02-Jul-2025
Stumps India 310 for 5 (Gill 114*, Jaiswal 87, Jadeja 41*, Woakes 2-59) vs England
Shubman Gill's roar said it all. At 10.30am, he fronted up at the toss to reveal Jasprit Bumrah would be rested for this second Test at Edgbaston. Then, shortly after 6pm, after everyone had broadly agreed that India were wrong to leave out their world-class quick when trailing 1-0 to England, Gill ripped off his helmet, pierced the air with a second shriek in two weeks, and then, as is custom, bowed to mark his seventh Test century.
Explaining the decision to rest Bumrah, Gill revealed the India management felt Lord's would offer their prized asset more than this Edgbaston track. And, as he saw out the day unbeaten on 114, he has at least done his bit to ensure India are not further behind when they head to London next week. At 310 for 5, they are in a promising position, albeit with a line-up harbouring fewer specialist batters.
Full postKent cling on to deny Northamptonshire record-breaking win in tense final hour
Yuzvendra Chahal and Calvin Harrison nearly spun the visitors to an improbable victory using the Kookaburra ball
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02-Jul-2025
Kent 566 for 8 dec (Bell-Drummond 158, Finch 118, Guthrie 3-92) and 160 for 8 (Evison 49* Chahal 4-51, Harrison 3-59) drew with Northamptonshire 624 for 6 (Zaib 150*,Harrison 122, Broad 107, Vasconcelos 100)
Kent clung on to deny Northamptonshire a sensational, record-breaking win in the Rothesay County Championship, closing on 160 for 8 at stumps, after a stomach-churningly tense final hour.
A hitherto sterile contest finally ignited on the final day as Yuzvendra Chahal and Calvin Harrison nearly spun the visitors to an improbable victory using the much-maligned Kookaburra ball.
Full postMiles Hammond leads steadfast Gloucestershire in batting to a draw
Ben Kellaway attempted to bowl Glamorgan to victory in the absence of the injured Mason Crane with a career-best 6 for 111
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02-Jul-2025
Gloucestershire 380 (Bracey 133, Akhter 58, Bancroft 50) and 255 for 7 (Hammond 84, Kellaway 6-111) drew with Glamorgan 528 (Kellaway 139, Ingram 117)
Gloucestershire batted all day to complete their day four task and ensure a draw with Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.
Miles Hammond led the way with 84, remaining at the crease for 55 overs of the final day as the draw was settled after just three innings, the visitors ending on 255 for 7 with a lead of 107.
Ben Kellaway attempted to bowl Glamorgan to victory in the absence of the injured Mason Crane and continued to show signs of promise with career-best figures of 6 for 111, adding to his century from day three.
Full postBen Brown secures a draw with stubborn unbeaten ton
He was well supported by Tilak Varma and Liam Dawson's half-century as Worcestershire manage just one wicket
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02-Jul-2025
Hampshire 221 (Varma 56, Prest 48, Taylor 4-42) and 294 for 4 (Brown 109*, Dawson 60*, Tilak 47) f/o drew with Worcestershire 679 for 7 dec (Hose 266, Libby 228, Roderick 80)
Ben Brown demonstrated his captaincy suitability by batting the entire day to save his Hampshire side from a Rothesay County Championship mauling by Worcestershire.
Brown, who took over the leadership from James Vince over the winter, scored 109 not out, but it was the 331minutes he batted that were crucial to securing a draw.
Full postEmilio Gay, Alex Lees centuries secure draw for Durham at Surrey
Lees records second century of the match in Durham's successful rearguard action as Surrey go top of table
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02-Jul-2025
Durham 362 (Lees 125, Robinson 79, Worrall 4-60) and 262 for 0 (Gay 156*, Lees 100*) f/o drew with Surrey 820 for 9 dec (Sibley 305, Lawrence 178, Jacks 119, Curran 108, Burns 55)
Centuries from Emilio Gay and Alex Lees, in a superb unbroken opening partnership of 262, made sure of a comfortable Rothesay County Championship draw for Durham against Surrey on day four at the Kia Oval.
Gay hit an unbeaten 156 while Lees followed up his first -innings 125 with 100 not out - reaching his second hundred of the match with what proved to be the last ball before hands were shaken at 5pm - and Durham's successful rearguard action over the last seven sessions of the match owed much to the skill and stamina of their captain.
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